The Pop Up (tent traler) *MOD* thread

[450 DUDE]

I was thinking it would be cool to have a dedicated thread for pop up trailer modifications.? Maybe there is something small that you did that may not be that big of a deal to you but someone else might get inspired.

So if you got some Mods post the model of trailer, a pic and a short discription of the mod....

Thanks,
ken

 

[airlaird]

Well in a few weeks I will be posting pics of my tent build trailer thread...never before done stuff..I can promise you that..
airlaird

 

[450 DUDE]

Ok , here is some of my junk... On a starcraft mo # 17 something
1-2. rear rack and built up bumper
3. Yak rack w/ box & bike racks

 

[450 DUDE]

And more
1. custom battery hold down.
2. Welded on some jacks from a honda (junkyard)
3. re located spare.

Have some other crap inside , I will update when I open it up again.
ken

 

[titanpat57]

WOW..the jacks were a brainstorm..now I'm booting myself in the ass I didn't go down the street and do the same. How far down do they go? Great mods, mod that baby to death!

 

[Xanatost]

WOW..the jacks were a brainstorm..now I'm booting myself in the ass I didn't go down the street and do the same. How far down do they go? Great mods, mod that baby to death!

As anyone done this with a M101? I know it wouldn't hang far enough down but what y'all used instead??

 

[rusty_tlc]

You come up with some of the coolest ideas Ken. The jacks are great, I imagine way cheaper than the same thing from an RV store. One suggestion, replace the funky jack handle attach point with a 1/2" nut. That way you can use a cordless drill to raise/lower the jacks.

No pictures but one of the best mods I did was to gusset the frame corners. I had one crack so I did it as a repair on that corner and did the rest as a precaution.

I also hot glued and screwed some extra blocking in the cabinet corners, again originaly as a repair that worked well enough to be done on all of them.

When we get another trailer I'll do both of these items before stuff breaks.

 

[racedirt1]

Do you use pop-up gizmos? They are the reflective covers on the bunk ends. They work great, here is a link.

PopupGizmos

I don't really have any good pics of them, but if you look close you can see my pop-up behind my 4runner

 

[racedirt1]

I have done some other mods, next time we go out I will I will take some pics.